# List of ship launches in 1901

The list of ship launches in 1901 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1901. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Palmers | Jarrow | Russell | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Albemarle | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Montagu | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Duncan | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Barwon | Cargo ship | For Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. |
| 30 March | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Kronprinz Wilhelm | Passenger ship | |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Celtic | Ocean liner; one of the "Big Four" | For White Star Line. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Napier & Miller | Yoker | Andrios | Cargo ship | |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ryndam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
| 18 May | United States | Union Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Ohio | Maine-class battleship | |
| 18 May | United States | W. A. Boole & Son | Oakland, California | Lahaina | barquentine | yard's first |
| 29 May | Sweden | Bergsunds Shipyard, | Stockholm | Wasa | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
| 30 May | Italy | La Spezia Naval Base | La Spezia | Regina Margherita | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
| 6 June | Nyasaland | | Lake Nyasa | Chauncy Maples | | Launched on Lake Nyasa having been transported from Scotland and reassembled |
| 6 June | Germany | Schichau-Werke | Danzig | Wettin | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Wisbech | Cargo ship | For Wisbech Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 12 June | Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Zähringen | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 22 June | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Kiel | Kiel | Prinz Adalbert | Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | George Brown and Company | Greenock | Princess Beara | Steam cutter | For Bantry Bay Steamship Co. The first vessel launched by George Brown and Company |
| 6 July | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Walmer Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks | Leamouth | Cornwallis | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Armstrong Whitworth | Newcastle upon Tyne | Bantu | Cargo ship | Built for Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Seagull | Lightship | For Commissioners of Irish Lights. |
| 22 July | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Adder | Plunger-class submarine | |
| 27 July | United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Maine | Maine-class battleship | |
| 14 August | Sweden | Lindholmens Shipyard | Lindholmen | Äran | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Battenhall | Cargo ship | For Lombard Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Athenic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line |
| 19 August | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Schwaben | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 20 August | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Moccasin | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. Rice |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Exmouth | Duncan-class battleship | |
| 11 September | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Árpád | Habsburg-class battleship | For the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 23 September | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport, New Jersey | Porpoise | Plunger-class submarine | Sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Frost |
| 25 September | Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard | Horten | Sæl | 1.-class torpedo boat | |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Noordam | Passenger ship | For Holland America Line. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Santhia | Passenger ship | For the British-India Steam Navigation Company |
| 19 October | United States | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport | Shark | Plunger-class submarine | For the United States Navy; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Stevens Turpin |
| 7 November | Sweden | Kockums Shipyard | Malmö | Tapperheten | Äran-class coastal defence ship | For the Royal Swedish Navy |
| 7 November | Italy | Castellammare Royal Dockyard | Castellammare di Stabia | Benedetto Brin | Regina Margherita-class battleship | For the Regia Marina |
| 9 November | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Mecklenburg | Wittelsbach-class battleship | |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd | Blyth | Lady Mildred | Cargo ship | For Exchange Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 28 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Warwickshire | Passenger ship | For Bibby Steamship Co. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Minnetonka | Passenger ship | For Atlantic Transport Co. |
| 23 December | United States | Maryland Steel Company | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Shawmut | Cargo ship | For Boston Steamship Company, later renamed Ancon. |
| 28 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Missouri | Maine-class battleship | |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Bowden | Porthleven | Ada | Steam drifter | For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Bowden | Porthleven | Clara | Steam drifter | For Northern Steam Herring Fisheries Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Bowden | Porthleven | Glentana | Steam drifter | For Steam Herring Fleet Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | King Edward | Passenger ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | King Edward | Steam drifter | For John Moore. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Allsup & Co. Ltd. | Preston | Lord Kitchener | Steamboat | For David & William Monk. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Queen Alexandra | Steam drifter | For William Clowes. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Snowdrop | Steam drifter | For Pitchers Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Star of the Sea | Steam drifter | For James Murray. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Scott & Company | Goole | Sudan | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Beeching Brothers Ltd. | Great Yarmouth | Sunflower | Steam drifter | For John Salmon. |
| Unknown date | United States | J. M. Bayles and Sons | Port Jefferson, New York | Zoraya | Armed yacht | Built as a private vessel, leased for World War I service by the U.S. Navy in 1917, returned to its owner in 1919. |